Dutch SOH meet 2010: Overloon museum.

[Ferry_vO]

Time for it's own thread!

It started originally in this thread: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=28926

The plan is to get together at the 'liberty park' in Overloon (Formerly known as the 'oorlogs en verzetsmuseum') on Sunday the 21st of February. We will gather at 11:00 am, the location is yet to be decided.

Confirmed to come so far are Huub Vink, Jankees, Grunau_Baby, Robcap, Warrant, Maarten and myself, if anyone else feels like joining please leave a post here! Non-Dutch members are welcome too of course!
On the 'maybe' list: Francois, Cees Donker.

The museum website: http://www.oorlogsmuseum-overloon.nl/

The old war museum merged with the privately-owned Marshall museum a few years ago, which added a massive 350+ military vehicles to the collection. These are housed in a 15,000 m2 new hall. Most of the old stuff from the museum has been restored and moved inside, so even in bad weather it will make a nice day out.

Hope to see you all there! :ernae:

 

[Warrant]

Time for it's own thread!

It started originally in this thread: http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/showthread.php?t=28926

The plan is to get together at the 'liberty park' in Overloon (Formerly known as the 'oorlogs en verzetsmuseum') on Sunday the 21st of February. We will gather at 11:00 am, the location is yet to be decided.

Confirmed to come so far are Huub Vink, Jankees, Grunau_Baby, Robcap and myself, if anyone else feels like joining please leave a post here! Non-Dutch members are welcome too of course!

The museum website: http://www.oorlogsmuseum-overloon.nl/

The old war museum merged with the privately-owned Marshall museum a few years ago, which added a massive 350+ military vehicles to the collection. These are housed in a 15,000 m2 new hall. Most of the old stuff from the museum has been restored and moved inside, so even in bad weather it will make a nice day out.

Hope to see you all there! :ernae:

Whoohooo, that's only 30 clicks from here! Damn well gonna be there! :ernae::salute:

Edit: I personally recommend the museum, as well as the modelling shop across the street. It is a shop, but also a small military scale modelling exhibit. You will find rare models there! http://www.modelbouwoverloon.nl/
or in English: http://translate.google.nl/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&layout=1&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.modelbouwoverloon.nl%2F&sl=nl&tl=en

 

[Ferry_vO]

Added you to the list, René! We only need one more to break our record attendance of six..

 

[srgalahad]

uh ohhhh.. that may well be RTWR race week... unless the powers that be decide to risk racing on St. Valentine's Day

Just make sure you check for our progress!

 

[grunau_baby]

We only need one more to break our record attendance of six..

No problem, does skizophrenia count when I come along...?

Looking forward to it. And, yep, that shop is amazing. Was closed when I´ve been there a few years ago. I must have drooled all over the shop-window then...

Alex

 

[shackleton_boy]

I might actually be in AMS that weekend - its my sisters 30th bday on the 21st.... will talk to her tonight and report back

 

[Snuffy]

Ya'll have fun ... take plenty of pictures and post em when yer finished!

:ernae:

 

[Francois]

If I don't have other commitments that day then I'll be there..... so that's a definite 'maybe' !

 

[Ferry_vO]

No problem, does skizophrenia count when I come along...?

Try asking at the counter: " Do I have to pay for each voice I hear in my head..?"

And, yep, that shop is amazing. Was closed when I´ve been there a few years ago. I must have drooled all over the shop-window then...

Are they opened on Sundays?

 

[Ferry_vO]

Ya'll have fun ... take plenty of pictures and post em when yer finished!

Snuffy,if I take just one photo of every vehicle in there, I need to post 400 photos! Not to mention all the uniforms, weapons, items, posters, etc etc!

:d

 

[Ferry_vO]

I might actually be in AMS that weekend - its my sisters 30th bday on the 21st.... will talk to her tonight and report back

Henk, Schiphol is about 100 miles from the museum, but I'm sure we can work something out and pick you up somewhere.

 

[Warrant]

Are they opened on Sundays?

Yup! :salute::ernae:

 

[robcap]

If I don't have other commitments that day then I'll be there..... so that's a definite 'maybe' !

Would be nice Francois
R.

 

[shackleton_boy]

Ferry - i'll actually be in Haarlem, i'm sure i can get a train or something? I must just check the bank balance after xmas shopping SA - NL tickets dont come cheap

 

[huub vink]

Shackelton_boy, Haarlem is not that far from where Jan Kees and I live. In fact Jan Kees lives about 400 meters from a train station along the line towards Haarlem.

As Ferry already said, I'm convinced we can sort something out.

Cheers,
Huub

 

[jankees]

Shackelton_boy, Haarlem is not that far from where Jan Kees and I live. In fact Jan Kees lives about 400 meters from a train station along the line towards Haarlem.
Cheers,
Huub

indeed I do, there should be something possible here..

 

[Ferry_vO]

Good to see things can be worked out!

Some photos from a previous visit, to get people interested:

 

[Wittpilot]

That last one looks like something out of that Star Wars scene in the woods...

 

[huub vink]

That last one looks like something out of that Star Wars scene in the woods...

It clearly shows where George Lucas found his inspiration :d

The radar system on Ferry's picture is a German Würzburg radar system, which was used as tracking system to guide the anti-aircraft guns. They were often used in combination with a Freya radar system which was used to detect aircrafts.

They were very common here in Europe. There was one in Katwijk which is about 6 kilomters south of where I live. As they were all demolished short after the war I'm looking forward to see this one. This is just the radar device, the complete system in Douvres in Normandy, where even the computer system (!) linking the Freya and Würzburg radar is still intact!

It is amazing that the Germans already had quite accurate radar guided anti aircraft systems in 1939!

Cheers,
Huub

 

[Ferry_vO]

Not just a Wurzburg Huub, but a Wurzburg-Riese (Gigant Wurzburg), also known as the FuMG 39T or the FuMG 62 as it was known with the Luftwaffe. Range was about 70 kilometers, with an accuracy of 30-40 meters. The radar could only track one particular aircraft, but it was indeed an impressive piece of work in those days.